Combined baby&#39;s high chair and cot



Sept; 11, 1928. 1,684,058

A. T. GOODING COMBINED BABY'S HIGH CHAIR AND COT Filed Oct. 11, 1923 .2 Sheets-Sheet l fizz' a. 2.

.Sept. 11,. 1928. 1,684,058

A. T. soonms COMBINED BABYS HIGH CHAIR AND COT Filed Oct 11, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 11, 1928.

warren stares 1 ARTHUR GOODING, OF, LONDON, EN GLAND.

COMBINED BABYS HIGH"c'rrii R am) cor.

Application filed October 11, 1923. Seria1 ito.667,968. .If

The present invention consists of a com bined babyshigh chair and cot the principal object of which is to provide a high chair which may be used in the usual way, without possibility of the occupant throwing itself therefrom, and being so constructed that it may be quickly and conveniently converted into a cot to permit the occupant'to lie down.

A further object of this invention is to provide an article of furniture which iscomparatively siniple'in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and durable and will prove a great convenience with children.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary rear elevational view of the chair back parts of which are open 1-4; to disclose details;

Fig. his a side elevational view ofthe chair showing the same converted intoa cot;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view'of the chair showing to'advantage the construction of the chair back;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary rear elevational view of the chair back illustrating the man her in which it is closed when used a chair per se; I V

Figure 7 is a fragmentary plan of one side of the back when lowered to a horizontal position; and a Figure 8 is a fragmentary vertical section, on line 8-8 of Figure 2. I I

The present invention consists of a supporting structure or base 7 composed of a plurality of legs connected by cross bars, the legs diverging toward their lower ends to minimize the possibility of the .chair being i tilted by the occupant. The upper ends of the legs are engaged by arms 8 to which a tray A foot rest 10 is 9 is pivotally connected. pivoted beneath the front legs of the chair.

in order to support thebaby, a seat 11 is provided which may be made of canvas or other suitable material and is provided with leg openings 12 in the front thereof through which the legs of the infant may be projected.

The front of the seat 11 ,between the apertures 12, is formed to provide a flap 13 which may be opened to permit free movement of the Other ob'ects of the invention. will be ap-.

legs of the child whenthe chair is used as a cot in a manner hereinafter described. Upon reference to Fig. 5 of the drawings it will be notedthat the seat consists merely of two sides and a front the backbeing omitted since the child is permitted to restits back directly against the chair back which'will be presently described.v The upper marginal edges of the canvas or other material comprising these-at isconvoluted around and secured to rods 14 in an obvious manner. a

livotally mounted between the upper rungs of the chair asindicated at 15, is a back generallydesignated 16.- The back is adapted to be disposedfat an inclination to support the occupant of the seat 11 and is held in air-inclined position by a thumb screw 17 which extends through one of the rear legs of the chair and into a complemental recess I formed in one of the sides of .the chair rback as illustrated in Fig. 2. r a r l The chair maybe quickly, converted into a cot by'removing the thumb screw .17 *and permitting the upper end of the back 16 to gravitate into a position wherethe lower end of the back lies directlybeneath the seat 11.

In this position an aperture 19 in the side of the back 16 is in alignment with an aperture 20 formed in one of the chair legs and these apertures are adapted to be engaged by the thumb screw 17 thereby holding the chair back in a fixed position. The lower end of the chair back is equipped with a lip 21 which engages the foot rest 10 subsequent to urging the latter upwardly intothe position shown in Fight of the d 'awings. In this way, the foot rest is arranged to cooperate with the back rest and seat so as to support the feet of the occupant whenthe device is used as a cot. The outer end of the back 16 is supported by a hinged prop structure22 which is normally mounted within the confines of the back 16. If desired, a shade for the eyes of the occupant, as designated at 23, may be pivotally, mounted within the prop structure 22. The shade can be moved on its axis into a position at right angles to the back 16 or any intermediate angle forthe purpose'of' shading the eyes of the occupant. Moreover, in order to prevent the occupant fr m rolling over the sides of the back 16, suitable adjusb able retaining sides are provided as indicated M524. T he sides may be made of canvas or other suitable material and are secured to the sides of the back 16. They may be'bent upwardly around the sidesof the back 16, as shown in FENTYQFFICB 7 Figure 4 so as to form side Walls for the cot. The free side edges of the sides2l are reinforced by strips 24f which engage over arms 24; carried by the shade 23 for holding the upper or outer ends ofthe sides 24 in proper raised positions. The opposite ends of the sides 24 are held in elevated position by means of members 25 pivotally carried by the rear ends of the arms 8 of the chair, said members 25 engaging under lugs 25 on the outer sides of the reinforcing strips 24'. Stops 25 are also carried by the arms 8 of the chair for engaging the inner sidesof the sides 24c to aid in holding said sides in proper positions. A retaining flap 26 may be employed to further prevent the possibility of the occupant falling out or throwing itself out of the device when used as a cot, this flap being en gage'able beneath retaining strips 27 which are mounted upon the ends of the seat 11 and secured to the seat by means of suitable snap fasteners 27 carried by the seat and by the flaps. Also, when the device is used as a cot the flap 1-3 between the apertures 12 of the seat It is of course'to be understood that the device of the present invention is capable of other uses and may be modified in this case to produce analogous-results. It is to be understood that such changes, as well as other changes in the details of construction, proportion and arrangement-of parts are, embodied in the scope of the present invention as cov- .ercd by the appended claim.

\Vhat is claimed is -A I convertible chair comprising a base structure, a seat of flexible material secured at its ends to the upper opposite side portions of the base structure, a foot rest hing'edly mounted at the forward portion of the base structure, a back pivoted to the base structure near the level of the lowermost portion of the seat, said back being detachably secured to the base structure at a point above and to the rear of the pivotal connection b'e tween the back and base structure, a lip secured to a portion of the back projecting belOW the point Where said ba'ckis pivoted and adapted to engage the foot rest toelevate the In testimony whereofl'l have affixed m 2 signature.

ARTHUR T. GoonING; 

